format_list_bulleted

Nigerian women scientists

more_vert
The list Nigerian women scientists includes Omowunmi Sadik, Olufunmilayo Olopade, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Deborah Ajakaiye and Folakemi T. Odedina. The list consists of 25 members and 10 sublists.
  • 1.

    Maggie Aderin-Pocock

    British, Astronomer
    Maggie Aderin-Pocock
    Overview: Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock MBE (née Aderin; born 9 March 1968) is a British Space Scientist and Science Educator. She is an Honorary Research Associate of University College London's Department ...
    Date of birth: 9 March 1968
    Age: 57
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Astronomer
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 2.

    Grace Oladunni Taylor

    Nigerian biochemist (born 1937)
    Overview: Grace Oladunni Taylor (also known as Grace Oladunni Lucia Olaniyan-Taylor; born 24 April 1937) is a biochemist, formerly at University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She was the second woman to be inducted into the ...
    Date of birth: 24 April 1937
    Age: 88
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Chemist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 3.

    Omowunmi Sadik

    Nigerian professor, chemist, and inventor
    Omowunmi Sadik
    Overview: Omowunmi "Wunmi" A. Sadik (born 19 June 1964) is a Nigerian professor, chemist, and inventor working at Binghamton University. She has developed microelectrode biosensors for detection of drugs and ex ...
    Date of birth: 19 June 1964
    Age: 60
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Chemist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 4.

    Olufunmilayo Olopade

    Nigerian physician
    Olufunmilayo Olopade
    Overview: Olufunmilayo I. Olopade (born 1957 Nigeria) is a hematology oncologist, Associate Dean for Global Health and Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Human Genetics at the University ...
    Date of birth: 1957
    Age: 67
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 5.

    Alash'le Abimiku

    Nigerian epidemiologist
    Overview: Alash'le Grace Abimiku is the Executive Director of the International Research Centre of Excellence at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria and a Professor of Virology at the University of Maryland ...
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 6.

    Adeyinka Gladys Falusi

    Nigerian parasitologist
    Overview: Adeyinka Gladys Falusi, FAS NPOM, is a Nigerian Professor of haematology and former Director of the Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan.
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 7.

    Oluwatoyin Asojo

    Nigerian associate Professor
    Overview: Oluwatoyin (Toyin) Asojo is Associate Professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Hampton University. She was formerly an Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Tropical medicine ...
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 8.

    Rita Orji

    Nigerian computer scientist
    Rita Orji
    Overview: Rita Orji is a Nigerian-Canadian Computer Science Professor, a Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology, and the Director of the Persuasive Computing Lab at Dalhousie University in Canada. Her work ...
    Nationality: Canadian
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 9.

    Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe

    Nigerian geologist
    Overview: Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe is a geologist from Ubiaja in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State. She specialises in palynology and sedimentology, and is Professor of Geology and Interim Chair ...
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 10.

    Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi

    Nigerian toxicology biochemist
    Overview: Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi is a Nigerian environmental biochemist, soil scientist and toxicologist.
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Chemist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 11.

    Folakemi T. Odedina

    Nigerian-born scientist
    Overview: Folakemi Titilayo Odedina (born January 21, 1965) is a Nigerian-born U.S. based scientist and professor of pharmacy and medicine at the University of Florida. She is the principal investigator for the ...
    Date of birth: 21 January 1965
    Age: 60
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 12.

    Stella Ifeanyi Smith

    Nigerian molecular biologist and biotechnologist
    Overview: Stella Ifeanyi Smith is a Nigerian medical scientist with interests in molecular biology and biotechnology. Smith joined Nigeria Institute of Medical Research in 1988, and was made director of research ...
    Date of birth: 28 January 1965
    Age: 60
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Biologist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 13.

    Folasade Ogunsola

    Nigerian professor of medical microbiology
    Overview: Folasade Tolulope Ogunsola (born 1958) is a Nigerian professor of medical microbiology. She specializes in disease control, particularly HIV/AIDS. Ogunsola is also the immediate past provost of College ...
    Date of birth: 1958
    Age: 66
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 14.

    Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu

    Nigerian microbiologist
    Overview: Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu (born 25 September, 1953) is a Nigerian Professor of Microbiology and currently the Director General/CEO of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), a research agency under ...
     0    0
  • 15.

    Deborah Ajakaiye

    Nigerian geophysicist
    Overview: Deborah Enilo Ajakaiye was born in 1940 in Plataeu State in Northern Nigeria, and is a Nigerian geophysicist. She is the first female physics professor in Africa and her work in geophysics has played ...
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 16.

    Fadji Maina

    Nigerien scientist
    Fadji Maina
    Overview: Fadji Zaouna Maina is a Nigerien Earth scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She was previously working in the field of hydrogeology at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where she used ...
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 17.

    Janet Edeme

    Nigerian agricultural scientist
    Overview: Janet Edeme is a Nigerian agricultural scientist and plant biologist, who works as the Director of the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union Commission (AUC/DREA), based in Addis ...
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 18.

    Anthonia Fatunsin

    Nigerian archaeologist
    Overview: Anthonia Kehinde Fatunsin is a Nigerian archaeologist. She is regarded as Nigeria's first female archaeologist, and the first woman to head Nigerian National Museum, Ibadan. Her fieldwork has been centered ...
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Archaeologist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 19.

    Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye

    Nigerian pharmacologist and researcher
    Overview: Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye is a Nigerian pharmacologist and researcher. Elufioye works as a professor at the University of Ibadan in the department of pharmacognosy. Elufioye is also a Fulbright Scholar at ...
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Chemist
    Gender: Female
     0    0
  • 20.

    Mojisola Adeyeye

    Nigerian pharmacist and professor
    Overview: Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye is a Nigerian pharmacist and professor. She was appointed the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on 3 November 2017 by ...
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Occupation: Inventor
    Gender: Female
     0    0
LOAD MORE
Terms of Use · Copyright · Privacy
Copyright 2006-2025, FamousFix · 0.38s